Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 430. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 238-211 BC. AR Drachm (3.99 g, 11h). Uncertain mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Arsakes seated left on backless throne, holding bow. Sellwood 3.2; A&S Type 4, 4-5 (same dies); Shore 2 var. (monogram below throne). EF, attractively toned, obverse struck a little softly. Very rare, and exceptional for issue. ($4000)